MARYSVILLE, Ohio (WCMH) – Authorities in Union County have pronounced a toddler dead after reports were received Sunday evening of an unresponsive child.
According to the Union County Sheriff’s Office, a 911 call was received at around 7:23 p.m. after a 19-month-old girl was found in a pond behind a home in the 19000 block of Paver Barnes Road in Paris Township, just northwest of Marysville. The child’s mother began CPR treatment until deputies arrived about eight minutes later.
Medics from the Marysville Fire Department arrived shortly afterward and took the girl to Memorial Hospital, where the girl was pronounced dead at 9:03 p.m. It is believed the girl was in the pond for approximately 10 minutes before she was found.
The sheriff’s office said the child is being evaluated by the Montgomery County Crime Lab for a preliminary autopsy and the incident remains under investigation.